Uso de plantas medicinales y su relación con la cosmovisión andina en la comunidad de Rañas cantón Nabón, 2015

Abstract

Background. Rañas is a community that is part of Nabon it is located to the south of Ecuador, it represents an important part in the ancestral culture. Its culture and tradition its reflected in their people, as for example the use of medicinal plants in accordance to their culture “cosmovisionandina” and “sumakkawsay”. Which searches a form of life filled with harmony with its nature and other human beings. Objective.The objective is to identify, know and profound the use of plants with medicinal properties in relationship with the cosmovisionandina of the community of Rañas from Nabon in 2015. Material and methods.It is a qualitative type of investigation with emphasizes in a narrative study of the variety of use and application of medicinal plants in accordance to the experience of a men and three women with this knowledge, with de goal of analyze and interpret the significance of life experiences obtained in the interviews. As a technique we use forms for our interviews with questions half-sstructured about the study principal categories: cosmovision andina and medicinal plants. Also the information was recorded in a camera and a tape recorder that allow us collect all the narration and record graphically the plants and rituals. The information that we obtained in the interviews once rewritten in a word document were codified by the program Atlas.ti 7 in accordance to the alignments that were defined. Results.This study serve as knowledgeable information regarding the important aspects of medicinal plants in the community of Rañas which help cure some agues and pains according to its cosmovisionandina. Conclusions: This research allowed us to identify, understand and deepen the use of plants with medicinal properties related with the cosmovisionandinaof the community of Rañas from Nabon in 2015